Trigger Warning: The content of the film and supportive images within this review may be disturbing to sensitive individuals. Sometimes boasting about the director/writer’s previous work is a detriment to a film, and that is the biggest issue with Alexsandar… Read More ›
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2025 Halloween Watch-List Recommendations
Halloween’s nearly here, so I’ve put together a brief list of 14 films covered this year that may help you plan the perfect home or theatrical experience for 2025. Additional information for each title can be found via its original… Read More ›
The 50th anniversary 4K UHD restoration of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a bit of a tender subject.
1975: A movie bombed. This would not be the first time a film would release into theaters and get destroyed financially upon release and it certainly wouldn’t be the last. However, something odd happened — people who did enjoy it… Read More ›
Want to survive Tina Romero’s “Queens of the Dead”? Touch. Grass.
Photosensitivity Warning: The climax features flashing lights in a strobing pattern that may prove triggering for sensitive viewers. Folklore surrounding zombies is varied between culture and time, but always tied to fear of the undead. At some point, it wasn’t… Read More ›
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” 4K Digital Code Giveaway
2025 marks 50 years of Richard O’Brien’s cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show and, to celebrate, 20th Century Studios released a first-time 4K UHD edition on October 7th. Being long-time fans of the film, EoM purchased the 4K UHD… Read More ›
David Lynch’s dreamlike, painfully beautiful, and brutal “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” is available on 4K UHD & Blu-ray Combo edition from The Criterion Collection.
My mother and I never shared any common interests until the spring of 1990 when we were introduced to the world of Twin Peaks. Full of quirky characters who seemed trapped in time in the beautiful Pacific Northwest town of… Read More ›
Alex Winter’s misunderstood zany black comedy “Freaked” gets a 4K upgrade, courtesy of Drafthouse Films.
It’s good to be in the age of once-reviled films getting their just due of 4K restoration. Once a film with little to no release, Alex Winter and Tom Stern’s 1993 over-the-top shock comedy Freaked is being re-released thanks to… Read More ›
Guillermo del Toro’s gothic drama “Frankenstein” is stronger in its pieces than as a singular patchwork.
A repeated fascination of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s is “of monsters and men,” more specifically, the ways in which monsters and humanity dovetail into and deviate from each other until audiences can’t tell which is the true monster and which… Read More ›
Zach Gregger’s horror thriller “Weapons” offers brief featurettes and a beautiful on-disc presentation in its home release.
Filmmaker Zach Cregger blew audiences away with horror thriller Barbarian in 2022, garnering big word of mouth after its 2022 San Diego Comic Con premiere ahead of its September release. In addition to fans clamoring for a physical release that… Read More ›
Spawnie, Spawnie, he’s our man, if he can’t kill ’em, no one can – and he’s out on 4K UHD via Arrow Video.
Theatrical adaptations of comic books can vary in quality and levels of audience enjoyment. Fans always seem to be looking for a fantastic adaptation of the material and representation of the characters — the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Nolan’s Dark… Read More ›
A Conversation with “Good Boy” co-writer/director Ben Leonberg.
EoM Senior Interviewer Thomas Manning recently had a conversation with filmmaker Ben Leonberg, co-writer and director of Good Boy from Independent Film Company. This story is told entirely from the emotional perspective of Indy, Leonberg’s real-life canine companion in his… Read More ›
A Conversation with “The Curse (咒死你)” writer/actor Ken’ichi Ugana. [Fantastic Fest]
EoM Senior Interviewer Thomas Manning recently spent time talking with writer and director Ken’ichi Ugana about his film The Curse, which screened at Fantastic Fest 2025. This gnarly, supernatural thriller comments on the increasingly dangerous potential of the digital world… Read More ›
Sean Cisterna’s “Silver Screamers” is a charming, warm-hug of a film that highlights how we all have something to give back to our community. [Fantastic Fest]
There’s a school of thought that implies a person’s value only exists if they are a productive member of society. This, of course, correlates one’s existence to what they can produce versus what they can contribute, which are two drastically… Read More ›
Max Minghella’s “Shell,” a darkly comedic critique of women and aging, is flashy and fun on the outside but not as savvy as it could be on the inside.
Being a woman in this world is hard. From a young age, we’re taught to be polite, stand up straight with our shoulders back, and most of all, be pretty. Put on makeup, style your hair. Women are continuously held… Read More ›
Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill and Won’t Give Up the Ghost: Modern gothic drama “Went Up the Hill” explores grief and codependency.
The gothic ghost story subgenre explores new avenues in Went Up the Hill, a meditative and moody drama from director Samuel Van Grinsven. Set in New Zealand’s South Island, Went Up the Hill takes after its gothic predecessors by setting… Read More ›
Glenn McQuaid’s “The Restoration at Grayson Manor” is an alchemical mixture of melodrama and body horror which asserts some rehabs are best treated with napalm. [Fantastic Fest]
Names mean something. They hold power. Names withheld can create mystery and names known can open doors. They are the things that can be passed down from generation to generation — be it a surname, a given name, a middle… Read More ›
Surviving horror comedy “Coyotes” is simple: stay with your pack. [Fantastic Fest]
“Il meglio è l’inimico del bene. (Perfect is the enemy of good.)” – Attributed to Voltaire in 1770. If we spend our time pursuing perfect, we’ll miss out on a great deal. What ideal we set up for ourselves —… Read More ›
“The Man in My Basement” walks a delicate moral and ethical line. [TIFF]
Co-writer/director Nadia Latif takes on double duty in their first feature while adapting Walter Mosley’s novel The Man in My Basement. While Mosley’s material has yielded something interesting in an adaptation before (Devil in a Blue Dress) and this adaptation… Read More ›
Filmmaker Ken’ichi Ugana’s onryō tale “The Curse (咒死你)” blends cultural customs with modern conveniences in order to craft maximum carnage. [Fantastic Fest]
It’s not an uncommon practice for a filmmaker to release two films in a year. John Huston released The Treasure of the Sierra Madre the same year as Key Largo (1948), Akira Kurosawa released Scandal in the same year as… Read More ›
Documentary “Chain Reactions” shares the voices of five pop culture pillars discussing the on-going impact a 1970s film has had on their lives and careers. [BUFF]
If you’re a fan of the cultural zeitgeist documentaries, then the name Alexandre O. Philippe should mean something to you. Philippe has directed such projects as The People vs. George Lucas (2010), Doc of the Dead (2014), Lynch/Oz (2022), William… Read More ›